Paul McFedries' step-by-step projects walk students through handling key tasks, from building timesheets to projecting cash flow and aging receivables. His practical examples and clear instructions demystify intermediate- to advanced-level formula construction, and help students leverage Excel's most useful functions in their everyday work. Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier!
By reading this book, students will:

• Improve business analyses by adding intelligence and knowledge to their models
• Replace cumbersome formulas with convenient predefined functions
• Radically simplify complex calculations with Office 365's new dynamic arrays
• Use conditional formatting to reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities
• Calculate loan payments, interest costs, terms, and amortization schedules
• Project the future value of investments, and plan to achieve investment goals
• Master essential discounting and cash-flow analysis tools, including net present value and internal rate of return
• Sort, filter, and analyze tabular data, from customers to inventory
• Easily analyze huge data sets with PivotTable calculations